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Fund Accounting System <br />The City uses funds to report on its financial position and the results of its operations. Fund <br />accounting is designed to demonstrate legal compliance, and to aid financial <br />management, by segregating transactions related to certain City functions or activities. <br />A fund is an accounting entity with a self -balancing set of accounts established to record <br />the financial position and results of operations of a specific governmental activity. The City <br />maintains the following fund types: <br />Governmental Fund Types <br />General Fund is the primary operating fund of the City and accounts for all financial <br />resources, except those required to be accounted for in another fund. <br />Capital Projects Funds account for financial resources to be used for the acquisition or <br />construction of major capital facilities other than those financed by Proprietary and Special <br />Revenue Funds. <br />Special Revenue Funds account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources (other than <br />special assessments, expendable trusts, or capital projects) that are restricted <br />by law or administrative action to expenditures for specified purposes. <br />Debt Service Funds account for the accumulation of resources that are restricted or <br />committed to expenditures for, and the payment of, and interest on the bond issued in <br />support of governmental activities. <br />Proprietary Fund Types <br />Enterprise Funds account for operations that are financed and operated in a manner like <br />private business enterprises, where the intent of the governing body is that the <br />costs (including depreciation) of providing goods and services to the general public on a <br />continuing basis be recovered through user charges. <br />Internal Service Funds account for the financing of goods or services provided by one <br />department or agency to other departments or agencies of the City or to other <br />governmental units on a cost -reimbursement basis. <br />Fiduciary Fund Types <br />276 <br />